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At least that’s what SHOULD have happened next to that evil pigeon lady.

Seriously, if you feed pigeons and your pigeon-feeding doesn’t result in said pigeons angrily dive-bombing you and getting all up in your face to peck your eyeballs out when the bread supply runs dry, that is Satan at work.

h/t to reader Bridget who wrote:

Last Friday I was trying my hardest to ignore the large flock in the grass near me when this crazy lady came walking up and started feeding them bread. I wanted to scream at her for being so inconsiderate to all of the people sitting there trying to enjoy their lunch break without having to worry about the evil birds getting too close to them, or god forbid poop on them.

Just thought I would share the story, and ask that you publicly shame said crazy lady

I remember once trying to cross a street downtown, waiting for the light to change. And some crotchety old lady came along and threw birdseed at my feet. I was immediately dive-bombed by pigeons and had a total freak out. And honest-to-god panic attack.

And, I missed the light change, so I ended up standing on that corner forever.

I don’t know who she was, but I feel something similar to hate towards her. She was throwing that stuff down every couple of steps. That is pure evil.

Don’t know if it’s legal or not, but if it’s illegal, imagine the PR nightmare that could come about if an elderly lady got “harassed” by the police for feeding birds while “real crime” was happening elsewhere?

All it would take would be for one old lady to refuse to pay the fine and if she went to jail for refusing to pay the fine, news outlet would have a field day with the headlines like “old lady jailed for feeding birds”.

I’ve seen people divebombed on the boardwalks on the Jersey shore by sea gulls. They can definitely be out of control. Makes me wish they were like the pelicans that hung around us when I was younger and fished off of a pier in florida. The pelicans would beg like dogs when they saw someone catch a fish, but they never attacked.